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Venkaiah Naidu
Venkaiah Naidu वेंकैया नायडू | |
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| 13th Vice-President of India | |
| Assumed office 11 August 2017 | |
| President | Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hamid Ansari |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 17 July 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Arun Jaitley |
| Succeeded by | Smriti Irani |
| Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 17 July 2017 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Kamal Nath (Urban Development) Girija Vyas (Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) |
| Succeeded by | Narendra Singh Tomar |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
| In office 26 May 2014 – 5 July 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Narendra Modi |
| Preceded by | Kamal Nath |
| Succeeded by | Ananth Kumar |
| President of the Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| In office 1 July 2002 – 5 October 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Jana Krishnamurthi |
| Succeeded by | L. K. Advani |
| Minister for Rural Development | |
| In office 30 September 2000 – 30 June 2002 | |
| Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| Preceded by | Sunder Lal Patwa |
| Succeeded by | Kashiram Rana (2003) |
| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Rajasthan | |
| In office 5 July 2016 – 10 August 2017(resigned) | |
| Preceded by | Anand Sharma |
| Member of the Rajya Sabha for Karnataka | |
| In office 1998–2016 | |
| Preceded by | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| Succeeded by | Nirmala Sitharaman |
| Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly for Udayagiri | |
| In office 1978–1985 | |
| Preceded by | ??? |
| Succeeded by | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu 1 July 1949 Chavatapalem, India |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | M. Usha ( m. 1971) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Andhra University |
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Naidu, (born 1 July 1949) is an Indian politician. He is the 13th and current Vice President of India since 11 August 2017. On 5 August 2017, Naidu was elected Vice President of India with 67.89% of the votes.[1]
Naidu served as the Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Urban Development and Information and Broadcasting in the Narendra Modi cabinet.[2] A well known leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has also served as its national president from 2002 to 2004.[3] Earlier, he was the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government.[4][5]
Early life
Venkaiah Naidu was born on 1 July 1949 at Chavatapalem; Nellore district|Nellore District of Madras State, now in Andhra Pradesh, to Rangaiah Naidu and Ramanamma.[6][7] He completed his schooling from Zilla Parishad High School|Zilla Parshad High School, Buchireddypalem|Bucchireddy Palem (Nellore), and pursued his bachelor's degree in politics and diplomatic studies from V. R. College, Nellore. Later, he acquired a bachelor's degree in law with specialisation in international law from Andhra University College of Law, Visakhapatnam.[8][9] He was a swayamsevak in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and joined ABVP during his college days. He was elected as the president of the students' union of colleges affiliated to the Andhra University. He came into the spotlight for his prominent role in the Jai Andhra Movement of 1972. While Kakani Venkata Ratnam led the movement from Vijayawada, Naidu took active part in the agitation in Nellore, until it was called off a year later.
Political career
After serving in various organisational posts of the BJP at the state and national level, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka in 1998.[10] He was re-elected twice, in 2004 and 2010, from Karnataka.[11][12] He served as the party spokesperson from 1996 to 2000, bringing to the job his panache for quirky alliterations and similes. Unlike most politicians from southern India, Naidu made an effort to master Hindi, going on to address public rallies in northern India.
After the NDA victory in the 1999 general elections, he became the Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development in the government headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.[13] He was known for aggressively pushing for reforms in rural development and for the many schemes introduced during this period such as the 'Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.'[14][15][16]
References
- ↑ "M Venkaiah Naidu Is India's Next Vice President". 5 August 2017.
- ↑ "Venkaiah Naidu, BJP's south Indian face gets second stint in government". Indian Express. 25 June 2014.
- ↑ "BJP PRESIDENTS". BJP.
- ↑ Iqbal, Mohammed (12 June 2016). "BJP wins all seats from Rajasthan" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Cabinet reshuffle: Portfolios of Modi's ministers". 5 July 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ↑ GOI Profile [1] Archived 19 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Elections in India". Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ↑ "Biography". M.Venkaiah Naidu Personal website.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Cabinet reshuffle: Modi government's got talent but is it being fully utilised?", The Economic Times, 10 July 2016, archived from the original on 15 July 2016, retrieved 13 July 2016
- ↑ "Venkaiah Naidu files papers for Rajya Sabha". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "Venkaiah Naidu among 10 elected to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 2004-06-29. Archived from the original on 4 March 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "Rajya Sabha elections: Mallya, Venkaiah, Paswan, Rudy win". NDTV. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "Party man Venkaiah Naidu makes debut in government". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "Dreams of a novice". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA : A BOON FOR RURAL INDIA". PIB news. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ↑ "Milking Naidu style". India Today. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
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